THURMAN, ATAT NA SA PACQUIAO TEAM: “LET’S MAKE IT HAPPEN”

NANANATILI pa ring motibado si WBA welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman na makasagupa si Manny Pacquiao bago matapos ang 2019.

Hawak ni Pacman ang WBA’s “regular” title sa weight class. Noong nakaraang buwan, natapos na ang 22-month layoff ni Thurman nang pagwagian niya ang 12-round majority desion kontra Josesito Lopez. Marami ang nagsasabi na si Thurman ang nagwagi.

Matapos ang kanyang panalo, agad na nagtawag ng paghahamon si Thurman ng laban kay Pacquiao. Noong nakaraang buwan nagbalik si Pacman sa U.S. at pagwagian ang lopsided 12 round laban kay dating 4 divison champion Adrien Broner sa MGM Grand sa Las Vegas.

Wala namang isyu si Freddie Roach na muling nagsasanay kay Pacquiao sa pagharap kay Thurman sa lalong madaling panahon. “I want to fight Manny Pacquiao,” gigil na pahayag ni Thurman sa Premier Boxing Champions. “Imagine what Pacquiao-Thurman is going to look like? He looked well at the age of 40. He looked strong. By the way Broner was fighting, he was respecting the power. Pacquiao-Thurman is a good fight. And when’s the last time Pacquiao fought an undefeated fighter?

“I’m hoping to hear some words from Team Pacquiao,” saad ni Thurman. “We both fought early this year and I’d be willing to negotiate a fight for anytime he deems fit; summer, after the summer, September, October. I think it would be a great fight for the sport. Let’s make it happen.”

Isa lang ang tanging pakay ni Thurman. Kung magagawa ni Mikey Garcia na makapagwagi ng isang malaki panalo sa Marso sa pagharap niya kay IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence, matibay ang paniniwala ni Thurman na ang contest sa pagitan nina Pacquiao at Garcia ay maitatakda na. (MC)